Where does Alfonzo McKinnie rank among Warriors’ greatest finds?

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Golden State Warriors’ Alfonzo McKinnie (28) rebounds the ball next to Minnesota Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns (32) in the fourth period of their basketball game at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

Eleven games does not an NBA career make. And no one believes the crazy launch angle on Alfonzo McKinnie’s career path is sustainable.

But if he becomes nothing more than what he is today, a trusted part of coach Steve Kerr’s rotation, the Warriors have struck gold. Again.

We are tempted to believe the 6-foot-8 McKinnie could some day find himself high among a long list of under-the-radar discoveries in Warriors history (list below).

How did we get here?

Three years ago, he was playing pro basketball in Luxembourg after being ignored in the NBA draft. That was after spending time at two different high schools in Chicago and then two more colleges before he realized people didn’t think he was NBA material.

Today, McKinnie leads the NBA in 3-point shooting (he’s made 12 of 20 for 60 percent), and, coupled with his defensive prowess and aggressive rebounding style, Kerr can’t find a reason not to play him down the stretch.

McKinnie’s numbers may be modest — he’s averaging 6.8 points and 4.1 rebounds over 11 games with the Warriors — but don’t think folks around the league haven’t taken notice.

Those acquainted with Warriors history can tell you McKinnie’s story is similar to ones that have been told over the years. Before this magical run, one of the only things the Warriors seemed to be good at was occasionally finding players other teams had overlooked.

We’re not ready to put McKinnie among the Warriors’ best underdog stories just yet. But, check out our arbitrary list of top 15 greatest Warriors free-agent finds ever, and maybe one could argue he’d be able to squeeze on there soon.

We’re only including guys whose careers either started with the Warriors or didn’t effectively take off until they joined Golden State. (Thus, Matt Barnes, JaVale McGee and Shaun Livingston don’t qualify).

1. JOHN STARKS: From bagging groceries to becoming an NBA All-Star? Hard to beat that ascension. The Warriors may have discovered Starks, but his stardom came later in his career with the Knicks.

The epitome of an NBA underdog, he worked at Safeway in between attending four different colleges in Oklahoma, including a stint on the team’s “taxi squad” at tiny Rogers State. He caught the eye of new Warriors coach Don Nelson and made the 1988-89 team as an undrafted free agent. Still, Starks played in just 36 games and averaging 4.1 points. He returned to the Warriors in 1998 and overall he wound up averaging 11.1 points over three seasons with Golden State.

Starks went on to score more than 10,000 points in his 13-year career. He was also the first NBA player to make 200 3-pointers in a season, something Steph Curry has made routine.

2. JEREMY LIN: Here’s another Warriors discovery that paid more dividends elsewhere. It was a cool story when the ex-Palo Alto High star became the first American of Chinese descent to play in the NBA when he made the Warriors in 2010. It was a global story two seasons later when “Linsanity” took over the NBA.

Lin came off the bench in 29 games for the Warriors in 2010-11, scoring just 2.6 points per game. He was a cap casualty after the season and he went to New York and became a one-year sensation for the Knicks, averaging 14.6 points and reviving their team.

The 30-year-old is currently with the Hawks, his seventh team, but there’s no denying the success of his career. Just check out his career earnings: $67 million.

3. MARIO ELIE: An eventual three-time NBA champion with the Rockets and Spurs, Elie’s 11-career took off as a 27-year-old rookie with the Warriors in 1990. His journey had included pro stops in Ireland, Portugal and Argentina.

Elie averaged 7.8 points in two seasons with the Warriors, where he was reunited with high school teammate Chris Mullin. Elie brought the Warriors toughness and clutch shooting — he made probably the most pressure-packed free throws in Golden State’s postseason history in Game 2 of the 1991 Western Conference semifinals. He buried a pair of free throws with 3.1 seconds left in Los Angeles to give the Warriors a stunning 125-124 over the Magic Johnson-led Lakers.

4. ANTHONY MORROW: An undrafted rookie out of Georgia Tech in 2008, Morrow quickly established himself as one of the league’s top long-distance shooters with the Warriors. He became the first rookie — and first Warrior — to lead the NBA in 3-point shooting percentage by making 46.7 percent of his attempts.

Morrow also set a record for most points ever by an undrafted rookie when he made 15-of-20 shots while scoring 37 against the Clippers. He went on to play for six other teams during a nine-year career that saw him make 42 percent of his 3-pointers.

5. KELENNA AZUBUIKE: Were it not for a devastating knee injury, Azubuike would have likely battled Starks for No. 1 on this list. Undrafted in 2005 out of Kentucky, Azubuike played three years in the D-League before the Warriors signed him.

He flourished in Don Nelson’s up-tempo system, becoming a crucial player for the Warriors in his third season, when he scored 14.4 points and pulled 5.0 rebounds per game. Azubuike, who was also a versatile defender, shot 45 percent on 3-pointers and 81 percent from the line. He was seemingly on his way to becoming a special player when he blew out his left knee at the outset of the 2009-10 season. He would only play three more games in his career.

6. CHARLES DUDLEY: In Dudley, the Warriors found a tenacious defender for coach Al Attles to summon off the bench in 1974 and help fuel their first NBA championship in the Bay Area. Dudley, who was out of basketball for a year after playing in a handful of games with Seattle in 1972, was a defensive stopper who they nicknamed “Hopper.”

He averaged just 5.7 points and never started a game in his five-year career, but he constantly hounded the opposition’s point guards, often applying full-court pressure while providing the Warriors’ second unit with energy. Dudley helped contain Washington Bullets star Kevin Porter in the ’75 NBA Finals as the Warriors pulled off a miraculous sweep.

7. KENT BAZEMORE: Now one of the NBA’s more solid two-way players in his fifth year with the Hawks, Bazemore signed with the Warriors after being undrafted in 2012. He came from Old Dominion already an accomplished defender and was impressive in his two seasons with Golden State.

The likeable 29-year-old averaged just 2.0 points in his rookie year with the Warriors, but his offensive game continued to improve. He’s been rewarded with a pair of multi-year deals in Atlanta, the last one a four-year, $70 million contract signed in 2016.

8. ANTHONY TOLLIVER: After being waived by four different teams in his first year-plus in the NBA, the Warriors helped unlock Tolliver’s potential in 2010 by turning him into a true stretch four.

He played just 44 games for the Warriors but he averaged a career-best 12.3 points as he became a starter for the first time in his now 11-year career. Tolliver has since made eight different stops in the league, but he’s still an effective 3-point shooter — he’s made 38 percent in his career.

9. JUSTIN HOLIDAY: After going undrafted in 2011, Holiday had stops in Belgium, Hungary and Idaho and summer league dalliances with the Cavaliers, Trail Blazers and 76ers. He then found a home with the Warriors in 2014. He was a pleasant surprise as a rookie, averaging 4.3 points in 59 games and helping the Warriors win their first NBA title since 1975 in 2015.

Now in his sixth year, Holiday has become a consistent scoring threat for the Chicago Bulls — he averaged a career-best 12.2 points last season.

10. C.J. WATSON: The ex-Tennessee standout point guard went undrafted in 2006 and spent the next three seasons playing in Italy, Greece and then in Rio Grand Valley (Tex.) in the D-League before the Warriors came calling in 2008.

Watson was a steady, if unspectacular Warrior for the first three seasons of his 10-year career, scoring 8.7 points. The arrival of Curry in 2010 made him expendable and he spent the next six seasons playing for Chicago, Brooklyn, Indians and Orlando. The 34-year-old is still playing professionally in Turkey.

11. BRIAN CARDINAL: After playing minimally in a handful of games over parts of three seasons and then going to Spain, the Warriors gave Cardinal his big break in 2003-04. A blue-collar work ethic earned the former Purdue star the nickname “The Custodian” and a lot of fans at the Coliseum.

In his only season with the Warriors, Cardinal turned in career numbers in games played (76), 3-point percentage (44) and points per game (9.6), which helped him earn a six-year, $34 million deal with Memphis.

12. IAN CLARK: After playing minimally in Utah, where he spent most of his time in the D-League, Clark earned his big break with the Warriors in 2015. A strong showing in the summer league helped him make a Warriors team that went on to set a single-season NBA record with 73 wins.

Clark, a popular teammate at Golden State, then earned a championship ring in 2017 after playing a key role on the Warriors’ second unit. He made 37 percent of his 3-point shots and averaged 6.8 points. Clark then joined the Pelicans in free agency and has played well his last two seasons in New Orleans.

13. REGGIE WILLIAMS: He couldn’t find an NBA home in 2008 after leading the nation in scoring his final two seasons at VMI, but Williams filled a need nicely in Golden State in 2010.

After signing a pair of 10-day contracts, Williams earned a contract and had no trouble scoring points in the NBA — he averaged 15.2 points in 24 games in 2010-11. He spent two seasons with the Warriors before bouncing around between the D-League and Charlotte, Oklahoma City, San Antonio and New Orleans during a whirlwind four-year stretch.

14. MISTER JENNINGS: You think we weren’t going to find a place on this list for a 5-foot-7 guy whose preferred first name is Mister and began his pro career with the Jacksonville Hooters? Longtime fans will recall Jennings as a backup point guard running with Chris Mullin, Chris Webber and Latrell Sprewell on a talented Warriors team in 1993-94.

After going undrafted and failing a couple of tryouts, Don Nelson chose Jennings to back up Tim Hardaway. He would play three seasons with the Warriors, averaging 6.6 points before a knee injury curt short his NBA career. Jennings then wound up playing in Europe for eight different teams in eight years.

15. DEWAYNE DEDMON: The undrafted 7-footer from USC bounced between the Warriors and their D-League Santa Cruz team throughout the 2013-14 season, only seeing action in four games for Golden State. The Warriors were intrigued by Dedmon’s defensive abilities at the rim and have unsuccessfully tried to re-sign him a couple of times after he left in 2014.

Dedmon has evolved into a serviceable center, becoming a starter for the Spurs two seasons ago before joining the Hawks last season.

One that got away: Joe Ingles. Technically, the Utah Jazz standout was never with the Warriors. But he did spend two seasons on their summer league team, including the 2009 team where one of his teammates was Stephen Curry.

Ingles turned down an invite to be on the Warriors training camp roster with a shot to make the team. He instead joined the Clippers before finding a home in Utah, where he’s one of the league’s more underrated players.